It for the long haul. At the roberts avenue yard in tioga nices town. They were blocking the Employee Entrance to the Regional Rails running on schedule but septa warns the pickets could disrupt service through the evening rush. At midnight the Union Workers hit the picket lines here and across the city. Am here since 94, this is the first time i can remember this part of the gate being shut off. At the fern rock transportation center, striking workers give us a long list of issues they hope they can resolve with the transit authority. Pay, pension and health care but however there is still work rules. For me the priority is the pens, for me its do or die. Many prepared saved money some how knowing the strike would come and some open to get back to work soon. There is anxiety. Are they talking making progress . How long will we be out here. But we are out here for the duration however long it takes. We are hopeful, we dont want to stay out any longer than anyone wants taos be out. They
Right now at 11 00, a gruesome crime. Rocked a northeast philadelphia neighborhood. A mother killed by a cross bow. Her new husband accused of the crime. Tonight, what the victims family is telling Eyewitness News. And a major recall involving millions of dressers from ikea. Its not the first warning about these pieces of furniture. What triggered this latest safety concern. But first heros homecoming. Folcroft Police Officer Christopher Dorman defies the odds and leaves a hospital just three days after being shot seven times in the line of duty. The surprise guest who greeted him outside the hospital. Tonight we are also hearing from officer dorman. Good evening im ukee washington. Im natasha brown. Jessica is off tonight. Eyewitness News Reporter trang do is live in folcroft with more on what the officer plans to do now that hes back home. Trang . Reporter natasha he is very eager to get back to work. In the meantime hundreds of people lined the streets from philadelphia to here at t
And the rain still falling depending where you are, you saw it on storm scan. Lets take you right on out to a snapshot basically on the radar, where the rain still falling quite heavily, across southern new jersey, especially, and into portions of delaware. So, this first batch is beginning to move away. However, we are not as we just said out of the woods just yet, even when it does winds down, so a lot of moisture currently building up in the atmosphere, heavy rain currently falling through specially cumberland, cape may counties, and this is going to slow you down, where your travels take you here, certainly not going to be waking to up quiet weather in these locations either. Now, temperatures as they stands are generally into the low 70s across most of the board, back to the 60s up in the poconos, very muggy start to the day, so were building up that moisture content in the atmosphere, again, setting stage for even another round of showers and very likely thunderstorms later today
Odds and leaves a hospital just three days after being shot seven times in the line of duty. The surprise guest who greeted him outside the hospital. Tonight we are also hearing from officer dorman. Good evening im ukee washington. Im natasha brown. Jessica is off tonight. Eyewitness News Reporter trang do is live in folcroft with more on what the officer plans to do now that hes back home. Trang . Reporter natasha he is very eager to get back to work. In the meantime hundreds of people lined the streets from philadelphia to here at the Folcroft Fire Company to welcome officer dorman home. Now they included a fellow officer also in recovery after he was shot in the line of duty earlier this year. applause . Reporter just three days after he was shot seven times, Folcroft Police officer Christopher Dorman left penn presbyterian to a heros reception. Philadelphia Police Officer Jesse Hartnett among the well wish schers. Hartnett shot three times in ambush attack in january he knows all t
Kids around. One day the police knocked on her door and they said we have to confiscate your car. It was stolen, i was like what . They found that they were buying scrap cars for pennies online. They were involved in violent collisions and were just parked cars. The only thing of value was the vin. And then rented similar cars from local Car Companies and reported them stole and replaced the vin from salvaged junk cars. This was a details criminal organization with many moving parts. Today the District Attorney announc announced 31 of the 32 coconspirators are behind bars except for one. People were left with no cars and no money. I felt like the grinch going around and knocking on peoples doors and taking their cars. The rental cars are returned to the rental Car Companies and the hope for the other victim is that they get restitution once the case goes to trial. And the District Attorney estimates that the damages here are a half million dollars. Wendy thank you. Philadelphia police